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I really hate rubber ducks, actually.

I grew up a Phillies fan. Me and my buddies tailgated a couple of times when they won the World Series. I like just being in that atmosphere.

What I found is that experience in the World Series made me connect more with the fans.

Almost everyone wears rubber on their feet these days, but there was a time when it was considered cheap. Luxury shoes had leather soles, which were rigid and heavy.

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

When it comes down to it, I'm just a girl who wears those five-finger weird toe shoes.

You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and make history, it really is a dream come true.

I just love putting on the uniform; it's what I have done since I was 6 or 7 years old. It's the life I know. If I didn't love the life of baseball, I wouldn't work out like I do every winter.

But, at the moment, when I step on the pitch, when I have the ball I know it's mine. It's just a feeling.